"In 1832, he was appointed to a Professorship in the Medical School at pittsfield, Massachusetts, which he held for several years.
"The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University"
Robert Peter
In 1842 he was settled as a pastor of a Congregational Church, in pittsfield, Mass, In 1834, he published "Lectures to Children"; in 1835, "The Student's Manual," a valuable and popular work, which has been translated into several European languages; in 1836, "The Sabbath-School Teacher"; and in 1841, "The Lost Sister of Wyoming."
"McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader"
William Holmes McGuffey
She was a dear lover of nature, and as the cars sped on through the wild mountain scenery, between pittsfield and Albany, she stood at the open window, her hands closely locked together, her lips slightly parted, and her eyes wide with wonder at the country through which they were passing.
"'Lena Rivers"
Mary J. Holmes